"When an officer is injured or killed, it's a reminder to everyone in our agency of how fragile life is," Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart said.

"When an officer is injured or killed, it's a reminder to everyone in our agency of how fragile life is," Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart said.

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Updated: 1:50 PM PDT Apr 3, 2015

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WEBVTT THIS IS ACTION NEWS EIGHT.ERIN: GOOD EVENING, I'M ERINCLARK.DAN GREEN IS OFF TONIGHT.WE ARE BEGINNING TONIGHT WITHA MEMORIAL FOR A SAN JOSE POLICEOFFICER SHOT AND KILLED IN THELINE OF DUTY.38-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL JOHNSON WASGUNNED DOWN LAST TUESDAY.TODAY, HUNDREDS OF LAWENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM ALLOVER THE STATE FILED INTO SAPCENTER IN SANTA CLARA TO SHOWTHEIR SOLIDARITY AND RESPECTSFOR ONE OF THEIR OWN WHO LOSTHIS LIFE WHILE TRYING TO PROTECTTHE LIVES OF OTHERS.AMONG THOSE WHO SPOKE OF HISLEGACY -- HIS SISTER.MIKE, WE WILL NOT ONLY MISSYOU BUT YOU HAVE LEFT ANEMPTINESS IN OUR LIVES THATCANNOT BE REFILLED.WE LOVE YOU, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU, TODAY AND EVERY DAY WE WILLHONOR YOU.REST IN PEACE LITTLE BROTHER.ERIN: JOHNSON WAS SHOT ANDKILLED LAST WEEK WHILE HE ANDOTHER OFFICERS RESPONDED TOREPORTS OF A SUICIDE THREAT.THE INCIDENT WAS AT AN APARTMENTON SENTER ROAD JUST AFTER 6:30AT NIGHT.INVESTIGATORS SAY 57-YEAR-OLDSCOTT DUNHAM OPENED FIRE WITHOUTWARNING.DUNHAM WAS FOUND DEAD AT HISHOME SEVERAL HOURS LATER.HE HAD BEEN HIT BY AN OFFICERDURING THE FIRE EXCHANGE.A CONTINGENT OF MONTEREY AND SANBENITO COUNTY OFFICERS WERE-- OFFICERS ATTENDED TODAY'SMEMORIAL.THEY GATHERED NEAR SAN JUANBAUTISTA THIS MORNING AND THENDROVE TO THE SERVICE AS AUNIFIED GROUP.ABOUT 50-60 OFFICERS IN 35POLICE VEHICLES FORMED A LONGLINE OF PATROL CARS HEADED TOSAN JOSE.THE PROCESSION LEFT AT ABOUT8:50 WITH LIGHTS FLASHING ANDTHE OCCASIONAL SIREN.AGENCIES FROM ALL OVER THE AREA,FROM MARINA, THE PRESIDIO OFMONTEREY, TO KING CITY, AND SANBENITO COUNTY SHERIFF, UNIFIEDFOR THIS PROCESSION.SEVERAL OFFICERS WHO ARE PART OFTODAY'S PROCESSION USED TO WORKWITH THE SAN JOSE POLICEAND NEW OFFICER JOHNSON.ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT SANJOSE IS THAT IT'S A HUGE FAMILY.SO WHETHER YOU'RE ACTIVE ORRETIRED ITS STILL FAMILY.SO WE'LL GO BACK AND ITS STILL A-- WE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR OURFAMILY NO MATTER WHAT THEPATCHES ON OUR SHOULDERS SAY.I REMEMBER MICHAEL BEING AVERY COMPETENT, VERYPROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUAL.I CONSIDERED HIM TO BE ASUPERVISOR'S DREAM BECAUSE HEWENT OUT AND DID HIS JOB WITH ALOT OF PROFESSIONALISM ANDINTEGRITY AND YOU NEVER HAD TOWORRY ABOUT IT.HE WAS JUST A GOOD, SOLID GUY.ERIN: OFFICERS DESCRIBED THEDRIVE AS AN ACT OF BROTHERHOODTO HONOR OFFICER JOHNSON AND HISFAMILY'S SACRIFICEIT WAS AN EXTREMELY EMOTIONALDAY FOR ABOUT 100 LAWENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM SANTACRUZ COUNTY WHO ATTENDED TODAY'SSERVICES.THEY ARE STILL GRIEVING THE LOSSOF TWO OF THEIR OWN, BUTCH BAKERAND ELIZABETH BUTLER, ALSOKILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.ACTION NEWS REPORTER PHIL GOMEZWITH THEIR STORY.PHIL: ITBRINGS MARCH 7 OF 2013,WHICH ALSO HAPPENED TO BE ATHURSDAY, IT BRINGS IT RIGHTBACK TO ME LIKE IT WASYESTERDAY.PHIL: TODAY'S MEMORIAL FORMICHAEL JOHNSON TRIGGEREDMEMORIES FOR SANTA CRUZ LAWENFORCEMENT.AS THEY MADE THEIR WAYTO WHERETWO YEARS AGO THEY MOURNED THELOSS AND HONOR THE LIVES OFPOLICE OFFICERS BUTCH BAKER ANDELIZABETH BUTLER.IT BRINGS IT ALL BACK.YOU REMEMBER WHAT WE WERE GOINGTHROUGH AT THAT TIME.I REALLY EMPATHIZE WITH THE SANJOSE OFFICERS AND THEIR COMMANDSTAFF.THE TRAGIC EVENTS HAS SANTACRUZSHOWING THEIR SUPPORT FOR THESAN JOSE POLICE DEPARTMENT INTHEIR TIME OF NEED.WHEN AN OFFICER IS INJURED ORKILLED, IT IS A REMINDER TOANYONE IN OUR AGENCY OF HOWFRAGILE LIFE IS AND HOW THINGS-- HOW ENTIRE FAMILIES AND LIVESCAN CHANGE IN A HEARTBEAT.REPORTER:POLICE OFFICERS ANDTHEIR FAMILIES LINED THE ENTIRESTREET SOMBERLY WAITING FOR THEMOTORCADE AND THEN SILENTLYSALUTED.THINK ABOUT YOUR FAMILY,YOUTHINK ABOUT WHAT THE JOB MEANS,YOU THINK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT ITIS TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE.REPORTER:SAN JOSE OFFICERSWEREIN SANTA CRUZ THE BUTCH ANDELIZABETH'S DEATHS.TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY, WERETURNED THE HONOR.REPORTER: IN SAN JOSE, PHILGOMEZ.ERIN: JOHNSON WAS A 14 YEARVETERAN OF THE POLICEDEPARTMENT.HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE.HE IS THE FIRST OFFICER TO BE

Emotional day for Santa Cruz police officers at San Jose funeral

"When an officer is injured or killed, it's a reminder to everyone in our agency of how fragile life is," Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart said.